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20. We can only hope that a Democratic president can calm things down.

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:28 PM

Feb 2015

If a republican is elected next year, I don't even want to know how bad things are going to get.

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Islamic State Completes Takeover of Town Near Base Used by U.S. [View all] Purveyor Feb 2015 OP

That's not good. Much as I hate spending billions on the Iraqi Army... Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #1

"getting jack shit for it". You got that right. Ridiculous 7962 Feb 2015 #6

The continued un-thinkable turbinetree Feb 2015 #2

The point of the story is that we already have boots on the ground: JDPriestly Feb 2015 #8

Agreed. christx30 Feb 2015 #18

Key phrase in 'Iraq-nam' is 'mission creep.' To wit, the first combat units KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #19

We can only hope that a Democratic president can calm things down. christx30 Feb 2015 #20

President Cruz would make Bush look like Obama christx30 Feb 2015 #22

Sounds like a nice juicy target to me leftynyc Feb 2015 #4

My opinion also. It would also destroy a lot of innocent people, but JDPriestly Feb 2015 #9

I'm trying to think of which I would rather leftynyc Feb 2015 #10

I cannot understand why anyone would join them. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #11

The choices aren't pretty for Iraqi & Syria citizens JonLP24 Feb 2015 #16

I can't begin to understand it. Thanks for the reply. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #23

This is more about controlling the river supply JonLP24 Feb 2015 #15

They need to move our soldiers before they end up beheaded on youtube Marrah_G Feb 2015 #12

The Iraqi army romanic Feb 2015 #13

So why isn't Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #17

How many civilians do you wish to kill in the smoking hole? former9thward Feb 2015 #24